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A German Life - Against all odds, change is possible
- A german family torn between faith, family and religion - A highly decorated WW II German tank commander - A Young man seeking the truth and his spiritual orientation - The relationship of father and son entwined in German-Jewish history - Religious conversation, exile and the dissolution of a family
- GenresWarNonfiction
226 pages, Paperback
First published September 19, 2007
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November 24, 2018
הייתי אומר שזהו ״ספר חובה״ לכל מי שחי כאן, יהודי או בן דת אחרת, כיוון שמעבר לסיפור חייו המרתק ויוצא הדופן של המספר הוא מתאר בעין בוחנת את המצב המורכב בסביבה בה אנו חיים בצורה בהירה, פשוטה וכה נכונה כמי ש"בא מן החוץ". הגר הזה אפילו הצליח להפתיע אותי בכמה דברים על יהדות שאת חלקם כבר שכחתי וחלקם האחר כלל לא ידעתי.
January 22, 2008
My friend who is a Hugarian holocaust survivor recommended this book to me and gave me her copy. It is basically a memoir about a German man who found out his father was a Nazi soldier. He rejects his family, becomes a Jew, moves to Israel, joins the army, etc etc.
My friend thought this book was "unbiased" and showed both the Jewish and Palestinian sides objectively through this man's description of his time visiting Haifa, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and several Palestinian villages in Israel. I disagree, the book is definitely biased towards a Israeli/Zionist perspective, though it does say some nice things about some Palestinian friends, whom the author says blames the Israelis without good reason. Basically he ends up thinking the Palestinians should be thankful to be in Israel and that their assertion that they are 2nd class citizens is false. I feel like this book explores this ridiculously complex issue a little, but very incompletely. I enjoyed reading about his first impressions of Israel when he first visited in the 1980's and the people he met, but intellectually/philosophically I found the book quite lacking. Interesting story though.
My friend thought this book was "unbiased" and showed both the Jewish and Palestinian sides objectively through this man's description of his time visiting Haifa, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and several Palestinian villages in Israel. I disagree, the book is definitely biased towards a Israeli/Zionist perspective, though it does say some nice things about some Palestinian friends, whom the author says blames the Israelis without good reason. Basically he ends up thinking the Palestinians should be thankful to be in Israel and that their assertion that they are 2nd class citizens is false. I feel like this book explores this ridiculously complex issue a little, but very incompletely. I enjoyed reading about his first impressions of Israel when he first visited in the 1980's and the people he met, but intellectually/philosophically I found the book quite lacking. Interesting story though.
September 16, 2013
Makes you think
In Hebrew:
בצל האב ברנד וולשלגר
In Hebrew:
בצל האב ברנד וולשלגר
October 23, 2014
An amazing story of transformation and life!
July 3, 2015
Remarkable story of finding belief in God and bridging the incredible gap between heritage and humanity.
June 3, 2017
What a great book. A self-published book that really needed to be read!
April 23, 2020
An interesting read from a spiritual perspective. In my personal opinion, the fact that Bernd was not a practicing Catholic, made the transition to Judaism that much easier. Sadly, one is left on a tenterhook at the end as to his true heritage. The book would have been enjoyed more had I not come across an inordinately high amount of grammatical errors which is inexcusable. Whilst one can excuse one or two spelling or grammatical errors found in many books, the fact that this one had no less than 3 contributing Editors makes one wonder whether they were truly invested in this literary work. Sadly, being pedantic about grammar, the errors ensured that my time spent reading was interspersed with several bouts of irritation.
October 31, 2021
phenomenal account.
This book is a well written lesson in humanity. Fascinating and informative. Real history. Answers a lot of questions about the Holocaust, and about collective guilt.
This book is a well written lesson in humanity. Fascinating and informative. Real history. Answers a lot of questions about the Holocaust, and about collective guilt.
November 20, 2018
What an incredible story. Heard him speak as well.
March 3, 2022
A wonderful man.
I read this book after watching several lectures on you tube by Dr Wollschlaeger .
He is a remarkable man who has my total admiration .
I enjoyed the book very much even though there were some discrepancies in some of the events on which he had lectured.
I would thoroughly recommend this book to everybody as the world would be a better place with more Bernd Wollschlaegers
In it
I read this book after watching several lectures on you tube by Dr Wollschlaeger .
He is a remarkable man who has my total admiration .
I enjoyed the book very much even though there were some discrepancies in some of the events on which he had lectured.
I would thoroughly recommend this book to everybody as the world would be a better place with more Bernd Wollschlaegers
In it
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